Episode #42 – ft. Radiator

Transmission Code: 15593 (#42)

Posted a little later than usual this week. – Nic

Extended Show Notes

Introduction

• 00:00:40 – William and Emanuel are joined by guest-host Phillip Marlowe and later on by Robert Yang of Radiator.
• Segway: Phillip shares his likes and dislikes around the topic of Radiator – Emanuel decides to dig into him a bit.
• Segway: Talk a little about Research and Development.
• Segway: “The Bad Mod Mentality”

Podcast 17 News

• 00:09:30 – Phillip announces the closing details of the dm2sp.com competition.
• Segway: Discussion about different competitions and possibly how another one could do better.

From the Mouth of Valve

• 00:13:20 – Zeno Clash SDK released
• Segway: Should SP Mods go straight to retail? Should MP Mods go straight to retail?
• Segway: Are you willing to pay for something that could be a mod that goes retail?
• 00:20:19 – Left 4 Dead Update Released
• Segway: Hint at the new TF2 Update, that turned out to be fake.

Releases

• 00:21:14 – Level 0-0 Rebuild (HL2 Map)
• 00:22:25 – The Great Escape
• Segway: PlanetPhillip yearly awards + hints at a Podcast 17 mod of the year
• 00:27:55 – Physics Drydock (HL2 Map)
• 00:32:15 – Beyond Reality
• 00:34:15 – Pulse Episode One Beta 1
• Segway: Discussion about Demos.

Updates

• 00:37:11 – Modular Combat 1.75 Released

Media Blitz

• 00:40:10 – Obsidian Conflict’s birthday, 1.35 heads up.
• Segway: SMod and Counter-Life.
• 00:42:40 – Combine Insurrection Weekly Progress Report #2
• 00:44:00 – Blue Shift: Reassignment Media Release
• 00:46:00 – Morning Faith Development Special #1
• Segway: Discussion about narration.
• 00:48:45 – Logistique – Short News…
• 00:49:40 – Orion – IRC Server Relaunched.
• 00:51:20 – “Yama” L4D Campaign is beautiful.
• 00:53:15 – Triage – Just a quick little update.
• 00:56:00 – Firearms: Source – Blue Player Model, Map Updates, and Sako Rk.95 Showcase.
• 00:56:40 – The Lost World: Source – Weekly Update 03
• 00:57:48 – Robert Yang of Radiator arrives.
• 00:58:15 – L4D: Dead Before Dawn Trailer
• 00:58:54 – Insurgency Media Update
• 00:59:30 – Perfect Stride Continuum – v2 Coming Next Week
• Segway: Emanuel and Phillip argue about technicalities again.
• 01:04:10 – For Hire – Media Update
• 01:05:11 – BLACKSECTOR – Update #9 – Prepare For War
• 01:06:00 – Jailbreak! – King of the Hill

Articles

• 01:07:16 – Modular Combat: Server Files Coming Soon!

Interview

• 01:07:40 – Interview with Robert “campaignjunkie” Yang from Radiator.
• 01:11:04 – Connections between player and character + details on how a mod like Radiator can emotionally touch gamers.
• 01:16:30 – Details about the characters in the Radiator Series with a segway towards how he came to develop 1-2.
• 01:20:25 – Developers being Typecasted.
• 01:21:48 – Information about voice acting.
• 01:25:50 – Discussion about immersion.
• 01:35:32 – Why didn’t 1-2 have a time limit?
• 01:36:00 – Let’s talk game design school.
• 01:39:25 – Let’s talk about the difficulty and lack of “tutorial”.
• 01:42:50 – How many people actually beat the mod?
• 01:46:00 – Information about Radiator 1-3
• 01:48:18 – Engine limitations and further development.
• 01:51:30 – What’s more important, dialog or gameplay?
• 01:53:00 – What is in the future of Radiator?
• 01:55:15 – Development Cycle
• 01:57:00 – End of Interview

Question / Discussion

• 01:58:40 – PlanetPhillip Poll Question 134 – Do you kill when you don’t “need” to?
• 02:09:15 – Wrap-up.